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News >  Spokane

Departing Spokane City Council member Mike Allen looks back

Mike Allen left City Hall this month the same way he came in: unexpectedly, in the political middle and focusing on fiscal responsibility. Of all current members, Allen joined City Council the earliest, in December 2007 to the seat left vacant by Mary Verner, who had been elected mayor.
News >  Spokane

In Straub controversy, Mayor David Condon says he was guided by city policy

Spokane Mayor David Condon acknowledged Friday that he was first notified of sexual harassment allegations against the former police chief in early April, but said city policy dictates that such complaints be handled at the “lowest appropriate level, informally and effectively.” In a detailed response to questions posed by the Spokane City Council, Condon apologized to the community and the council for “any confusion that has been created by the way the events have unfolded.”
News >  Spokane

Third ethics complaint filed against Mayor David Condon

A third ethics complaint has been filed against Spokane Mayor David Condon for “dishonesty” regarding how he handled accusations of sexual harassment against former police Chief Frank Straub and Straub’s forced resignation from the department.
News >  Spokane

Mayor’s choice for investigator scuttled

Spokane Mayor David Condon’s choice to investigate the handling of personnel matters at City Hall has been pushed aside because of growing concerns from city council members about the investigation’s independence.
News >  Spokane

Straub attorney questions motivation of police union officer in chief’s ouster

The attorney representing ousted police Chief Frank Straub, Mary Schultz, said Tuesday the relationship between former police spokeswoman Monique Cotton and police Lt. Mark Griffiths has been unexamined by the city despite Griffiths’ central role in Straub’s forced resignation. She said it adds to the “illegitimacy” of its case against Straub.
News >  Spokane

Records unveil layers of secrecy at Spokane City Hall

They draw the curtains in a room of Spokane City Hall when the cameras roll. On Sept. 22, reporters were given eight minutes to rush to that room adjacent to the mayor’s office on the seventh floor, where the mayor’s lectern already was set up, and the three flags of country, state and city hung as backdrop for a hastily called news conference about the forced resignation of police Chief Frank Straub.
News >  Spokane

Stuckart: Mayor Condon lied about sexual harassment claim

Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart said he is “severely disappointed” in Mayor David Condon for the handling of allegations of sexual harassment against former police Chief Frank Straub, saying he can’t trust Condon or members of his cabinet after being “lied to.” Stuckart is “working on a draft of a letter with a very long list of questions” for Condon, part of which questions the timing of a records release this week, even though those records show that Condon knew in April the police chief had been accused of harassment.
News >  Spokane

Spokane comes together, gives away 7,500 Thanksgiving meals for Tom’s Turkey Drive

The season’s first snow fell as a reminder: Winter is coming, and even at its coldest and hardest, there is beauty to see if you look hard enough. Outside of the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, thousands of people lined up for a bit of that beauty and the makings of a great free meal: a 12-pound turkey, 5 pounds of potatoes, 5 pounds of apples, canned goods, bread. Maybe a jug of milk.